Why Can't We Just Create?

ta — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:54:42 +0000

In a world where computers are becoming the norm, every piece of software that gets released seemingly always has to be better than the last at what it's doing.

Every language announcement I see is a declaration of war.
Like "Why [X] is obsolete in 2025.", "The [Y] killer just arrived."
And I'm tired of it.

I made a programming language.

Not because it's faster than Rust.
Not because it's safer than C.
Not because it's simpler than Go.

I made it because I wanted to.
When did that become not enough?

I made Miel because I like ;; as comments.
I made Miel because I like affine and permission types.
I made Miel because I wanted a language that feels like riding a bike.

Not because it's "better than Rust" or "better than C++" or "better than Ada" but because it's mine.
And maybe that's the only reason anyone needs.

So here's Miel. Use it or don't. Rust is great. Odin is great. Jai will be great. But this one? This one's cozy.

;; Happy coding.

New scripting language

ta — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:43:31 +0000

I'm currently working on a scripting language that aims to "make developers' lives a little sweeter". It's called Amai, it runs on a bytecode VM and is statically typed. Right now, I'm working on it solo. The current version (as of publishing this blog) has variables, if-else statements, basic expressions, and while loops. There's no documentation right now but the average Amai code looks like:

let x = 10; // immutable
var y = 10; // mutable

x += 1; // will error
y += 2; // OK

while y > 0 do y -= 1; // while
// you can also do blocks
while y < 10 do {
    y += 1;
}

// everything is an expression, even blocks
// though if you want to make multi-statement bodies, you'll have to use blocks
let z = if x == 10 then 1 else 2; // if-else
let w = if x == 10 then {
    let r = 10;
    r + 2
} else {
    let e = 12;
    e + x
};

// note: semicolons are just a separator, it can be optional
// but is recommended to disambiguate when parsing
let x = 10
let y = 2 // OK. parsing won't mess up (at least in this version of Amai)

let u = (); // unit

Here's the GitHub repo

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Why Can't We Just Create?

New scripting language